Category: TRANSCRIPTS: ATLANTA JOURNAL

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 28th June 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 2.MRS. S. J. MANERMiss Monteen Stover, one of State's principal witnesses, elopes with S. J. Maner, a Savannah printer. Miss Monteen Stover, nineteen years old, a witness in the Frank trial around whose testimony the state's case largely pivoted, eloped with Samuel J. Maner, a Savannah printer, Saturday afternoon, and was married by Judge E. D. Thomas, of the municipal court, at 4:30 o'clock.Miss Stover's mother, Mrs. W. Edmondson, 171 South Forsyth Street, when informed of the marriage after the young couple had left for Savannah on a 5:30 o'clock train, became

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 30th June 1914,PAGE 6, COLUMN 2.Wife of Atlanta Lawyer Is Seeking to Obtain Separation and AlimonyThat Arthur Thurman, the lawyer indicted recently on a subornation of perjury charge growing out of the Frank Case, lived at the Ansley Hotel for some three months with a woman he introduced as his wife, was testified by Manager J. F. Letton, of the Ansley, in Judge Bell's Court Tuesday morning. The petition of Mrs. Mary J. Thurman for alimony, in connection with her divorce suit against Thurman, was being heard. Because the Ansley Hotel incident occurred after the date of

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 6th July 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 1.Appeal From Motion to Set Aside Verdict to Be Heard in OctoberAttorneys for Leo M. Frank on Monday formally filed with the clerk of the Superior Court, the Bill of Exceptions, in the motion to set aside the verdict of the Jury on the grounds that Frank was not present when it was received. The clerk now has fifteen days in which to prepare the record and send the Case to the Supreme Court, which will review Judge Ben H. Hill's judgement in sustaining the state's demurrer to the motion.The other Frank

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 13th July 1914,PAGE 16, COLUMN 4.Negro Involved in Frank Case Asks Judge to Let Him Serve SentenceJim Conley, the Negro factory sweeper, convicted as accessory to the murder of Mary Phagan, wants to quit appealing and go to serving his sentence in the gang, according to a message he sent Judge Hill, of Superior Court, Monday. Judge Hill said he has received other verbal messages like this from Jim, through deputy sheriffs. Jim sent word he was tired of the jail and tired of waiting, and wanted to go to the gang.Judge Hill directed an investigation of

The Atlanta Journal,Thursday, 16th July 1914,PAGE 10, COLUMN 3.Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey and his assistant, E. A. Stephens, were busy Thursday on the State's brief on the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan. The State's brief will be filed in the Supreme Court during the day Thursday, and it is expected that the motion will be reached for argument before the Supreme Court of the State on next Monday.Thursday, 16th July 1914: State's Brief In Frank Case Being Prepared, The Atlanta Journal

The Atlanta Journal,Monday, 20th July 1914,PAGE 1, COLUMN 4.Decision on Bill of Exceptions May Not Be Made in Several WeeksThe Frank Case had its second inning in the State Supreme Court Monday when the Court heard argument on the bill of exceptions brought by Leo M. Frank to the action of Judge Ben H. Hill in overruling his extraordinary motion for a new trial. Little new in the way of argument was presented by either the attorneys for the state or defense. The defense sought to show evidence which came into its possession after Frank's trial was of such a

The Atlanta Journal,Sunday, 16th August 1914,PAGE 29, COLUMN 3.(Macon News.) Thomas E. Watson, who is fighting the inevitable re-election of Hoke Smith to the United States, is trying desperately to inject a religious issue into the campaign. Hugh Dorsey, who is supporting Joe Brown for the Senate, is seeking to drag into the campaign the ignoble prejudice engendered by the Frank trial. Joe Brown, who is opposing Hoke Smith for the Senate, is endeavoring to stir up strife between employer and employee, between the money men and the working class, between capital and labor. Isn't that a dainty dish to

The Atlanta Journal,Tuesday, 1st September 1914,PAGE 3, COLUMN 1.Alleging that he had another wife when he married her, Mrs. Mattie C. Sentell filed a petition in the Superior Court Monday to have her marriage with G. L. Sentell annulled. Miss Lily Dodd, of East Point, is named as the other wife.Sentell, once well known as the Frank Case witness who created a sensation at the coroner's inquest, by stating that he saw Mary Phagan on the street some time after the hour at which she was murdered, was served in the Fulton Tower with notice of the suit. He was